Armstrong's Corporate History

1860, a small cork cutting shop in Pittsburgh laid the foundation of Armstrong company.

1860, at the age of 24, Thomas Armstrong boldly invested all his savings and opened the first cork cutting shop in the shadow of the American Civil War.

1864 Armstrong's first wooden floor factory was completed.

Thomas, the founder of Armstrong, believed in his family creed: hard work and integrity. And in 1864, Armstrong's first wood flooring factory was established and officially entered the flooring industry.

1895 Armstrong established his own business creed: let customers trust us.

Armstrong broke the old American business practice of "buyers beware" and established the company's own creed on the basis of family creed: let buyers have faith and strictly implement it in businesses all over the world, which continues to this day.

1907 the first linen flooring factory was built.

Armstrong's cork cutting business is the main raw material for flax flooring production, and Armstrong has been providing raw materials for major flax flooring manufacturers in the United States. 1907, Armstrong's founder made a strategic transformation decision and invested in building his own linen floor factory, which brought Armstrong into a brand-new field.

19 17 Armstrong set off the climax of linen floor promotion activities in the United States.

19 17, Armstrong took the lead in inviting competitors in the same industry to participate in a publicity campaign for linen flooring, and published the first national advertisement in the then famous American Saturday Evening News, which promoted the comprehensive revitalization of the linen flooring industry.

1940 Armstrong R&D center officially opened.

Armstrong has always attached importance to the important role of R&D innovation in the company's development since its establishment. As early as 1940, the company had its own R&D center, which trained a large number of professional developers and ensured the continuous innovation of Armstrong products.

1984 The First Project of Beijing Great Wall Hotel

Beijing Great Wall Hotel 1988 was selected as one of the "Top Ten Buildings in Beijing" in 1980s, and it was the first modernist style building in China with full mirror glass as its maintenance system at that time. Armstrong successfully entered the first project, the Great Wall Hotel, on 1984, which also opened Armstrong's "from zero to one" breakthrough in China.

1995 won the national quality award of the United States.

In 1987, the US Congress established the McBauer National Quality Award. This is not only to commend some organizations and groups in the United States that have made outstanding achievements in quality and performance, but also to emphasize the importance of quality and performance as competitive advantages. This award was personally awarded by the President of the United States to outstanding industrial and commercial enterprises and institutions that meet the evaluation criteria. 1995, which was personally awarded by then US President Bill Clinton.

In 2007, it was recognized for many years by American professional ground material magazine Floor Focus.

Floor Focus is a professional magazine of ground materials in the United States, which conducts scientific research and evaluation on 250 top design companies around the world every year. Armstrong has been among the best in quality, performance, design, service and cost performance for many years.

In 2007, Armstrong completed the first wooden floor factory in China.

Armstrong's first sole proprietorship wood flooring factory in China was officially put into operation in August 2007, and its products are mainly supplied to the United States and China. In order to ensure strict quality requirements, Armstrong even spared no expense to import high-end wooden floor production equipment from Germany 1.000%-1.20 meter per minute Haomai line, hoping to present high-quality wooden floor products to different customers in China and even the whole of Asia.

In 2008, Armstrong successfully won the 12 Olympic key project and became the Beijing Olympic materials supplier.

In 2008, the highly anticipated Beijing Olympic Games was grandly held. As the key project of the whole Olympic Games, construction has attracted wide attention from all walks of life. In this year, Armstrong won 12 key Olympic projects with its reliable quality and service, such as the Bird's Nest National Stadium, the Water Cube National Swimming Center and the Beijing Olympic Basketball Hall.

Armstrong 20 10 successfully entered more than 20 core venues of Shanghai World Expo.

20 10 Shanghai World Expo advocates "Better City, Better Life" and draws a picture of future urban life with the help of various venues with different styles. Many core venues have once again become the focus. Armstrong has successfully entered the World Expo Performing Arts Center, USA Pavilion, Australia Pavilion, Finland Pavilion, Spain Pavilion and other national pavilions, as well as the core service facilities of the World Expo, such as Intercontinental Hotel and World Expo Tourism Distribution Center. Participate in the construction of a better life in the future with practical actions.